Like wow its like the french all over again.
Tanya's been here already. Never leave survivors, when you beat the other country you gotta go by the roots.
The pacing has been off for a while now, and if you combine that with the fact that a bunch of things just don't make any sense, the story quality really dropped by a few points..
I re-read, Prince Beta of the Berta-Alois alliance is indeed separate.
I was mainly talking about how, after the new writer took over, Corinth's "Xanatos Gambit" of ensnaring King Alois and his army was full of holes.
He has literal phase-shifting drones he used to sneak around and capture every single last bandit in the capital with individual tracking. But loses the head of an enemy nation (and their successors).
Seems poor writing given his capabilities and literal satelite surveilance with a sapient super AI.